EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — The body of Victor Manuel Diaz, the third migrant who died at the Camp East Montana detention facility, was taken to William Beaumont Army Medical Center instead of the El Paso County Medical Examiner, according to Diaz’s family attorney, Randall Kallinen.

Diaz, a 36-year-old Nicaraguan man, died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody earlier this month at the Camp East Montana detention facility, marking the third death reported at the site.

According to the report, on Jan. 14, contract security staff found him unresponsive in his room. On-site medical staff and responding El Paso EMS performed life-saving measures but were unsuccessful.

ICE stated the death is a presumed suicide, though the official cause remains under investigation.

Speaking to KFOX14/CBS4 on Friday, Kallinen confirmed that Diaz’s body was not taken to the county medical examiner’s office, but instead transferred to William Beaumont Army Medical Center, and was only told about this yesterday.

KFOX14/CBS4 has reached out to DHS and William Beaumont Army Medical Center via email for comment.

Kallinen, a civil rights attorney who represents Diaz’s family, alleges the family was never notified of the transfer to Beaumont, where he remains as of Friday.

Kallinen says when he contacted the county medical examiner’s office, officials told him they attempted to take custody of the body, but a disagreement with the federal government over jurisdiction delayed the process.

KFOX14/CBS4 had previously attempted to file an open records request for Diaz’s autopsy report, but in an emailed statement, the El Paso Medical Examiner’s office stated that they “do not have a record for this individual.”

According to ICE detention standards, it requires that in the event of a detainee death, officials immediately notify authorities, coordinate an autopsy through the local medical examiner when appropriate, and ensure the family is informed and the body is released to next of kin.

Meanwhile, according to Kallinen, Beaumont officials told him that an autopsy was performed on Diaz at the hospital. Kallinen has requested the report, but was told it could take up to two months to receive.

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